The inquest into the death at a care home of a brain injury patient who allegedly choked on a marshmallow has been delayed to allow police time to decide whether
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The Prime Minister should explain to the victims of historical institutional abuse why new laws granting them compensation will not be debated during this parliamentary session, an MP has said.
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Health workers involved in a long-running campaign of industrial action over pay will receive support from union activists on Tuesday. Members of Unite based in Lincolnshire, who started a week-long
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Almost 12 million adults in England were prescribed potentially addictive drugs such as sleeping pills and painkillers last year, with half taking them long term, a new report says. A
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New research into self-harm and the support available has been commissioned on World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide prevention charity Samaritans, which will be talking to young people who have self-harmed
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Domestic abuse charities have criticised Theresa May for giving former England cricket star Geoffrey Boycott a knighthood. The former Test opener, 78, was convicted in France in 1998 of beating
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The Government has confirmed it will have a “duty” to legislate on same-sex marriage and abortion reform in Northern Ireland if an executive is not formed by next month. Northern
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A CBBC child star died by misadventure after hanging at her family home, an inquest has ruled. Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16, died after being found in a marquee at her home
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A former youth football coach and scout whose car crashed into a tree on the day he was due to go on trial on historical sex abuse charges took his
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A new report published today reveals 71% of autistic adults in England aren’t getting the support they need. This could mean up to 327,000 autistic adults aren’t getting help to
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